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Timeline of face masks

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=== Summary by mask type ===
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! Masks/respirator type !! Advantages !! Disadvantages
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| Bandana || Better than nothing. Decreases droplets spray from more than 8 feet to about 4 feet. An adequate piece of cloth can be repurposed. || "Only reduces the droplets by about 50 per cent and neck fleeces increase the amount of spray, probably by dispersing the largest droplets into many smaller droplets."<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{cite web |title=Why wearing a bandana face-mask is a very bad idea |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/why-wearing-a-bandana-face-mask-is-a-very-bad-idea/cotton-alternatives/slideshow/77741019.cms |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>
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| Homemade cloth mask || Better than bandanas. Hand-made cotton face coverings eliminate 70 to 90 per cent of the spray, depending on the layers and the pleating.<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com"/> ||
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| Bandana || Better than nothing. Decreases droplets spray from more than 8 feet to about 4 feet. An adequate piece of cloth can be repurposed. || "Only reduces the droplets by about 50 per cent and neck fleeces increase the amount of spray, probably by dispersing the largest droplets into many smaller droplets."<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{cite web |title=Why wearing a bandana face-mask is a very bad idea |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/why-wearing-a-bandana-face-mask-is-a-very-bad-idea/cotton-alternatives/slideshow/77741019.cms |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>
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| T-shirt mask || They’re confortable. Effectiveness can be increased by using more than one layer of material.<ref name="healthgrades.com"/> || They are one-third as effective as disposable surgical masks.<ref name="healthgrades.com">{{cite web |title=9 Types of Masks and How Effective They Are |url=https://www.healthgrades.com/right-care/coronavirus/9-types-of-masks-and-how-effective-they-are |website=healthgrades.com |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>
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